posted: Jan. 31, 2023.

Sandra was 34, had just left a bad relationship of stuckness and sadness.  Her friends had left.  Her parents were never in her corner.  We tried for one year for Read more

posted: Jan. 01, 2023.

     If you're hard on yourself like I am, why not make the new year about change and growth?  It's not about eating less, or stopping your OCD habits, Read more

posted: Dec. 15, 2022.

What is going on here? People are still: tired, cold, burnt-out, lonely, stressed, bored, stuck and unmotivated.  Kids.  Especially teens.  But they're back at school.  Why OH Why is this holiday Read more

posted: Oct. 31, 2022.

I just got back from my 40+2 years High School reunion.  It was the ultimate connection and we all agreed we were so very fortunate to have shared a relatively Read more

posted: Oct. 05, 2022.

Photo Credit @madgescottstudio       I get no respect, said Jackie Mason the comedian.  That's how I feel.  Oh mom's in the basement working with clients. What an easy gig!! Read more

posted: Oct. 01, 2022.

Something is off and it's not just "languishing." My clients are tired, fatigued, burnt-out and incredibly lonely.  You wouldn't think it's so bad in the Big Apple but isolation lies in Read more

posted: Aug. 21, 2022.

     I dreaded the first face-to-face family therapy session since covid. I had pimples on my chin from masking and I didn't care to put on make-up, barely doing Read more

posted: Aug. 18, 2022.

PHOTO CREDIT @Rosalind Banks; Art By Rosalind @Facebook Previously published: https://centerforhealthjournalism.org/2022/06/12/college-students-are-struggling-are-schools-doing-enough-help      I just returned from a law school graduation at the shockingly beautiful Cornell campus. Once known as a pressure Read more

posted: Apr. 09, 2022.

A Memoir in 5 Parts LOSS: I was born in New York, New York. NYC. The Big Apple. Nothing too dramatic happened. I attended Rivervale, NJ Elementary School until first grade. Read more

posted: Apr. 04, 2022.

     Once I was waiting in a crowded city waiting room, in the paralyzing dread of my upcoming amniocentesis.  These were the days before trigger warnings.  I just sat Read more

posted: Mar. 13, 2022.

      By now we've discussed pandemic fatigue, languishing, anxiety, lack of services, suicide rates, social media, FOMO, triggers, fake news, school shootings, a former narcissistic, toxic, grandiose and Read more

posted: Feb. 07, 2022.

Let’s get rid of it.  The hook-up culture. I don’t know when it started. But let’s stop it. I’m guessing it began as a feminist thing. We want casual sex Read more

posted: Jan. 01, 2022.

     As we enter this third year of pandemic madness (which I thought was going to be over in two weeks), I managed to work constantly while staying in Read more

posted: Dec. 11, 2021.

PHOTO CREDIT: Jennie Carr My phone rings three times a day with the same message: my teenage (daughter) needs someone to talk to.  I try to be my usual calm self. Read more

posted: Dec. 05, 2021.

Three weeks ago a former patient contacted me because she had suddenly recalled an episode from her past, so long ago it was nearly forgotten.  She wanted to sort it Read more

posted: Oct. 10, 2021.

**PHOTO CREDIT: AUDRA AVIZIENIS What is the latest on teens and mental health? How about the NY Times Expose on Instagram being bad for girls' mental health. Shocker alert!!!  Anyone who lives Read more